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This year's stock market has made you long for a safer investment, like a cobra farm. But try a conservative fund before raising reptiles.

The easiest way to get health insurance is to find a job with group coverage, but in this economy, that's a tall order.

How to stay covered:

If your coverage has run out and you still haven't found a job that provides health benefits, here are 5 avenues to explore to stay insured.

How the health care bill affects COBRA and the possibility for extended eligibility.

Rising premiums and spotty eligibility keep health insurance out of reach for many of the unemployed despite a federal effort to defray 65% of the costs.

Thanks to some last-minute maneuvering by Congress, thousands of jobless workers will continue to receive affordable health insurance in 2010.

Jobless Americans will soon get two more months to file for unemployment benefits and the COBRA health coverage subsidy, under a bill passed by the Senate early Saturday morning.

Earlier this year, lawmakers agreed to subsidize COBRA health premiums for laid-off workers. Time is running out for some.

Now what?

The economic stimulus package signed into law last month seeks to address the high costs by subsidizing COBRA premiums for unemployed workers.